Webinar on “The Road to Beverage Cartons Recyclability” with several government and industry stakeholders representing the entire waste management ecosystem
Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons (AARC), 3R WASTE foundation and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) joined forces to discuss the best practises and challenges faced by industry to recycle beverage cartons and used beverage cartons (UBC).
During a webinar conduced recently by AARC, 3R Waste foundation and UNCRD on “The Road to Beverage Cartons Recyclability”, several government & industry stakeholders along with waste management partners, recycling partners and academicians where they made their submission on improving the waste management ecosystem.
The primary objective of the webinar was also to cascade awareness and disseminate information amongst different target groups on beverage carton recycling.
The technology of making chip boards from Beverage cartons and efforts regarding enhancing recycling of UBC were also discussed.
During the discussion, one of the barriers identified was not having a separate category for the Beverage Cartons. In the absence of separate category it gets classified as Code/category 7 resulting in inappropriate segregation which disturbs the value chain. It is also misleading as beverage cartons are fully recyclable.
Dr. Kulwant Singh, Former Regional Advisor Asia UN-HABITAT and the CEO of 3R WASTE Foundation moderated the webinar. The eminent panelists of the webinar were Dr. N B Mazumdar, Chairman, International Academy of Environmental Sanitation & Public Health, Dr. Anupam Khajuria, Researcher, UNCRD, Japan, Dr. K.D. Bhardwaj, Regional Director, National Productivity Council, Govt. of India, Dheeraj Kumar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Karnal (Haryana), Sumit Jugran, Sustainability Lead, Tetra Pak, South Asia Markets, Sahithi Snigdha, COO & Director of Waste Ventures India, MGautam, Senior Executive, Deluxe Recycling Pvt. Ltd. (Maharashtra).